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(Un)arranged MarriageBali Rai

Ages: 11-14

Manny wants to be a footballer. Or a wrestler. Or write a bestseller. He doesn't want to get married...

'Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl who I didn't know... If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life...'